Sliding door hanger



June 14, 1960 c. B. RISER swam; DOOR HANGER Filed Feb. 4, 1958 UnitedStates Patent 6 SLIDING DOOR HANGER Clarence.- B. Riser, Sterlingyllh,assignor to Lawrence.

The presentinvention relates to a. novel door hanger structure, and.more particularly; to; adjustable. hanger structure of .the-utypesuitable for. mounting. sliding doors.

One object ofthe invention ispto. providea translatable door han erwhich providesforsupport-and vertical adjustment: of a sliding. doorvbyi means of an, improved and highly simplified. construction which canbe confined within a vertically'and homizontally compactspace locatedabove a. sliding-door and containedsubstantially within the normal:thickness of asliding door while at the same time. beingreadilyaccessiblefor adjustmentby a tool extending upwardly closely alongsideadoor: supported by the. hanger.

Another object of;the.:present invention is. to proyide a novel. hangerstructure for (1001813116. the like of the above described: type whichstructure may be readily and economically" produced and easily-assembledwith a door.

Qther objects and advantages of. the: present: invention will. becomeapparent fromthe followingdescription and the accompanying drawings 1wherein:

Fig. l is a fragmentary elevational. view showing a sliding doorinstallation utilizing hanger structures incorporating features of thepresent. invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary. cross sectional view taken along line2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 ha fragmentary sectionalv view taken generally along line 3-3 inFig. 2;

Fig. 4 is. a sectional view taken. generally along line 4-4 in Fig. 2;and

Fig. 5 is. an exploded perspective showing a hanger structureincorporating features of. the. present. invention.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings. wherein like parts aredesignated. by the same numerals throughout the various figures, aninstallation is shown in Fig. 1 wherein a sliding door. 10 is supportedfrom an overhead track 12' by means of a pair ofhanger structures 14which are made in accordance with the present invention. Aswill beunderstood, the door 10-is adapted to be moved to and from the closedposition shown in Fig. l and an openposition withina door receivingpocket 16 formed in the wall structure 18 in a known manner. Asindicated best in Figs. 2 and 3 the track 12 disposed within and securedto a suitable header member 20.

The hanger structure 14 comprises a carriage assembly 22 and a bracketassembly 24 which are adjustably interconnected with each other in themanner described fully below. The carriage assembly comprises anelongated generally vertically disposed plate-like body member 26 havingrollers 28 and 30 mounted adjacent its opposite ends by means of stubshafts 32 and 34 respectively. As will be understood, these rollers areadapted to ride on an upwardly facing surface of the track member 12. Afinger element 36 is welded or otherwise secured to the body member 26for extending beneath the track member, which finger element terminatesin an upwardly inclined portion 38 having a threaded aperture which2.940.112 Patented June 14, 1960 receives a screw. 40. The screw. 40-m;ay be: selectively adjusted to the position shownxbest in:Fig. 2 soas to preventthe carriage assembly from being yraised ciently todisengage the rollers from the track member. and to a retracted positionwhich will permit-thecarriage; assembly to be applied or removed, fi'omjthetrack member. Another finger element or lug 42 is provided; whichfinger element 42 extends oppositely from the. finger. element '36 andin the embodiment shown is into; gral with-the body member 26. Thisfinger element is provided with an upwardly inclined end'portion 44which has an aperture-therethrough for the purpose described below.

"Ihefbracket assembly 24 comprises a bracket member 46; having'an-upstanding-portion 48 and, alaterally extending portion- 50. Aplurality of apertures 52, is provided-indie bracket portionSO so thatthe; bracket is adapted .to be secured to the upper margin of adoor orthe like by means of a plurality of screws 54. A finger element or lug56 is struckfrom an intermediate section'ofthe-upstanding bracketportion 48- and extends laterally therefrom and oppositely from thebracket po tion 50. The finger portion 56 provided with an outerupwardly inclined end section 58. The end section 58 is inclined insubstantially the same, manner as, the end section 44 of the fingerelement 42.

In accordance with a featureof the present invention, the carriage andbracket assemblies areadjustably. inter connected by means including ascrew member 69 having an enlarged head 62 underlying the, fingerportionjfi anda threaded shank which extends. upward-1y alignedapertures in thefinger portion 5S;-a.nd.the finger portion 44. A nutelement 64. overlies the finger por tion 44 and threadedly receives thescrew.-shank. "1.s shown best in Figs. Zfand. 5; the nut elementf64 andthefinger portion 44 are provided with complementaryv rounded surfaces.restraining the nut member against rotation. A spring 66is mounted onthe screw, shank and compressed. between. the finger. portions 44. and58 so as normally to maintain the nutmeinb i in n a e; ment with thefinger portion 44. It will be noted'that the fingerv portions 44, and 58are inclined so. that the screw member is arranged in a manner whichdisplaces the slotted head thereof from the, upper edge of the door andwhichexposes the slottedhead sothat i t may be readily. engaged by meansof a screw driver 68. or the like indicated, in broken lines in Fig. 2.In otherwords, the structure is such that the, longitudinal axi Of thescrew member is aligned with the gap between the upper edge of the doorand the adjacent wall of the member 20. With this structure it will beappreciated that the door may be readily either vertically raised orlowered merely by turning the screw member 60in the appropriatedirection.

The. carriage and bracket assemblies are provided with cooperable guidemeans which retain them against lateral separation from each other andagainst relative tilting movement so that undue lateral or bendingstresses are not imposed upon the screw member. More specifically, thecarriage body member 26 is provided with a pair of vertically elongatedslots 68 and 70 through which pins 72 and 74- extend. These pins havereduced diameter end portions 76 and 78 which extend through suitableapertures in the upstanding portion 48 of the bracket and which endportions are upset so as to secure the pins to the bracket. The freeends of the pins are provided with enlarged heads 80 and 82 whichoverlie the body member 26 for preventing lateral separation of thebodymember from the upstanding bracket portion. it will be noted thatthe body member 26 is provided with a central slot 84. This slot isadapted to accommodate the upper end of the screw member 60 rs n sespecially when the screw is adjusted so as to raise the bracket withrespect to the carriage assembly.

While the preferred embodiment oftthe present invention'has been shownand-described herein, it is obvious;

' thatmany structural details may bc'ch'anged without departing from thespirit and scope of the appended .fitlagainsttheupper edgeof a door,guide m a ifion said frame member coacting with said vertical bracketporlion to guide thelatter for vertical movement with respect to saidframe member, a first support lug on said frame member projectinglaterally from the side thereof opposite from said track, a secondsupport lug on said bracket projecting laterally therefiomfifi'underlying relation to tending into the central portion thereof, agenerally flat substantiallyve'rtical carriage frame member disposed invertically overlapping relation to one'side of 'said track, carriagewheels journaled on said frame member and sup ported on'said track, ahold-down member on said frame said first lug, said support lugs,havingaperture means therein with the aperture 'i'neansinthe secondsupport lug offset horizontallyioutwardlyfrom the aperture means in thefirst support lug, andthreaded adjusting means interconnectingsaidlugsfor adjustingthesecond lug and i bracket vertically with respect to thecarriage frame and member extending horizontally therefrom in'closelyun-I port bracket whereby to locate the accessible end of .the

dcrlying relation to said track, an adjustable stop member mounted insaid hold-down member in opposing relation to said track for engagementwith the latter'to prevent dislodgement'of said wheels from the track,adoor support-bracket including a generally flat vertical portion v'slidably overlapping said frame member and including a horizontalflange "portion underlying said track and adapted 'to fit'against theupper edge of a door, guide 1 means on said frame member coactiug withsaid, vertical bracketportion to guide the latter for vertical movementwith respect to said frame member, a first support lug on said framemember projecting laterally from the side thereof opposite from saidtrack and defining a first aperture therein spaced horizontally fromsaid frame member,

a secondsupport lug joined to said bracket adjacent the juncture of saidvertical and flange portions-thereof and projecting laterally away fromsaid flange in underlying relation to said firstlug and defining asecond aperture located horizontally outwardly from said first aperture,a

threadedrnut member overlying said first lug, a threaded adjustmentelement extending upwardly through said sec- 0nd aperture and said firstaperture respectivelyjin a position inclined downwardly away frombracket flange portion, and said threaded element 'coacting with saidnut member to elfect a vertical displacement of said bracket relativeto'said frame member upon rotation of the threaded element. I V

' 2. A sliding door hanger adapted tov be mounted in a vertically andhorizontally compact downwardly open groove withthe downwardly open endof the groove substantially flush with the top of a door to be supportedfrom the hanger and with the edges of the groove spaced onlyslightlylaterally therefrom; and comprising, in combination, a horizontalsupport track, an upright carriage frame member disposed in verticallyoverlapping relation ."to one side of said track, carriage wheelsjournaled on said frame memberand support on said track, a door supportbracket including a vertical portion slidably overlapping said framemember and, including a horizontal flange portion underlying said trackand adapted to received in said aperture; nieanszinfinelihed positionwith the lower accessible end of the, threaded adjusting means below thesecond support lug and disposed laterally outwardly of the horizontalflange portion of the door supthe framemembe'r and further inclu'ding asubstantially horizontal portion; underlying the track in proximity tothe downwardly 'bpen end of -the channel and adapted to be secured tothe upper edge of a door, guide-means betweenithe' frame memhe'rand thevertical portion of the bracketto guide the bracket in'vertical movementwith respect to the frame member, a-firsttapertured support lug on theframe member projecting laterall-y' from the side thereof remotefrom'the track;-a 'secondapertured'support lug projectingv from thebracket laterally of the horizontal flange portionI-thereof-andunderlying the first lug with the apertures disposed along an incline'daxis extending toward the space between the adjacent edge of thedownwardly open end of the channelan'd the edge of the horizontalportion of the bracket, and a threaded adjusting member supported bysaid support lugs with its accessibleend'positionedfor' access in thespacebetween-the edge of the downwardly open end of the channel and thehorizontal portion of the bracket.

7 References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,749,751 B ergsten Mar. 11, 1930

